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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
38376
World Ranking
1578
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Alexander J. B. Zehnder is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their recent research outputs demonstrate a focus on sustainability, smart cities, and environmental policy.

Notable recent papers by Zehnder include:

  • From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief, 2023, International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities
  • From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief, 2024, International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities
  • A Note of Gratitude from the Editor-in-Chief, 2024, Experimental Mechanics
  • From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief, 2024, International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities

Zehnder has also contributed alongside frequent coauthors such as William H. Clune and Stanley C. T. Yip.

The primary publication venues for Zehnder's work include:

  • International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities
  • Sustainability Science
  • Experimental Mechanics

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Media Technology

Key research topics covered by Zehnder are:

  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Smart Cities and Technologies

Alexander J. B. Zehnder was awarded membership in Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Conversion processes in anaerobic digestion

    W. Gujer;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Biology of anaerobic microorganisms

    Alexander J. B. Zehnder

  • The role of bacterial cell wall hydrophobicity in adhesion.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;G. Schraa

  • Influence of interfaces on microbial activity.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Electrophoretic mobility and hydrophobicity as a measured to predict the initial steps of bacterial adhesion.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;G. Schraa

  • Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate.

    Konrad Egli;Urs Fanger;Pedro J.J. Alvarez;Hansruedi Siegrist

  • Molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation to xenobiotic compounds.

    J. R. Van Der Meer;W. M. De Vos;S. Harayama;A. J. B. Zehnder

  • Mass transfer limitation of biotransformation: quantifying bioavailability

    Tom N. P. Bosma;Peter J. M. Middeldorp;Gosse Schraa;Alexander J. B. Zehnder

  • A high-resolution assessment on global nitrogen flows in cropland

    Junguo Liu;Liangzhi You;Manouchehr Amini;Michael Obersteiner

  • Bacterial adhesion: A physicochemical approach.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Chemical properties of catechols and their molecular modes of toxic action in cells, from microorganisms to mammals.

    Nina Schweigert;Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Rik I. L. Eggen

  • Titanium (III) citrate as a nontoxic oxidation-reduction buffering system for the culture of obligate anaerobes

    Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Karl Wuhrmann

  • Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium.

    Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Beat A. Huser;Thomas D. Brock;Karl Wuhrmann

  • Methanogenesis from acetate: a comparison of the acetate metabolism in Methanothrix soehngenii and Methanosarcina spp.

    Mike S.M. Jetten;Alfons J.M. Stams;Alexander J.B. Zehnder

  • Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov. sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium

    Beat A. Huser;Karl Wuhrmann;Alexander J. B. Zehnder

  • A highly purified enrichment culture couples the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to growth

    C. Holliger;G. Schraa;A.J.M. Stams;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • GEPIC – modelling wheat yield and crop water productivity with high resolution on a global scale

    Junguo Liu;Jimmy R. Williams;Alexander J.B. Zehnder;Hong Yang

  • Dehalobacter restrictus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene in an anaerobic respiration

    Christof Holliger;Dittmar Hahn;Hermie Harmsen;Wolfgang Ludwig

  • Enrichment, Phylogenetic Analysis and Detection of a Bacterium That Performs Enhanced Biological Phosphate Removal in Activated Sludge

    R. P. X. Hesselmann;C. Werlen;D. Hahn;J. R. Van Der Meer

  • Complete biological reductive transformation of tetrachloroethene to ethane.

    W.P. de Bruin;M.J.J. Kotterman;M.A. Posthumus;G. Schraa

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Willem Norde
Willem Norde Wageningen University & Research
Johannes Lyklema
Johannes Lyklema Wageningen University & Research
Christof Holliger
Christof Holliger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jan Roelof van der Meer
Jan Roelof van der Meer University of Lausanne
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Huub H.M. Rijnaarts
Huub H.M. Rijnaarts Wageningen University & Research
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University

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